Does the AI decide who gets into my hackathon?

Your team decides. FormzoAI scores each application on the criteria you write and shows the sentence behind every score. Nobody is accepted or rejected automatically. Answers written to game the score are flagged for you to check.

Is it fair to score hackathon applicants with AI?

Every application is scored once against the same written rubric, so the first applicant and the thousandth get the same reading, even when your reviewers are tired. The reason sits beside each score so anyone on your team can check it, and people make the final call.

Can I use it alongside Devpost, Devfolio or Luma?

Yes. FormzoAI handles applications and selection. Put the form link on your event page, pick who gets in, then export the accepted list to Google Sheets or CSV and run the event itself on Devpost, Devfolio or Luma.

Do applicants need an account to apply?

Applicants open the link and answer in a short chat on their phone or laptop, in their own language, with no account. Progress saves as they go. You can also run the same form as a classic one-page form.

How much does it cost for one hackathon?

The Event Pass is $79 once for 60 days and 3,000 applications, with scoring included. Event Pass Plus is $199 and adds five reviewer seats and the API. Nothing renews. Monthly plans start at $19 after a 7-day trial, with scoring from $49.

Where is applicant data stored?

In the EU (Frankfurt) or the US, set from where you sign up. You set how long applications are kept, and you can delete any one applicant's answers when they ask.

For hackathon organizers

1,200 hackathon applications, read and ranked on your rubric.

Reviewers stall around row 200 and half the ideas say “something with AI”. FormzoAI asks each applicant one follow-up, then scores the whole pile on your judging criteria with the reason beside each score.

Hackathon applications

Spring Hack 2027 · made from “Applications for a 36-hour student hackathon, 300 spots, teams of up to four”

Their chat

What do you want to build at Spring Hack?

Something with AI.

Follow-upWho would use it, and what's the first thing it does for them?

Our campus food bank. It reads their donation sheet and texts volunteers when a shelf runs low.

What you get

86/ 100

Scored on your criteria

A real user, data they already keep, and a demo that fits in 36 hours.

You still make the call.

Example answers, written for this page.

The week before acceptances go out.

Row 214 of the review sheet
Five volunteers share one Google Sheet. The scores in column F stop halfway down, applications closed Sunday, and acceptances go out Friday.
“Something with AI”
Half the answers to “what do you want to build” say exactly that. A first-timer with a real idea looks the same as someone who filled the box in ten seconds.
Every reviewer has their own scale
One gives everyone a 4, another never goes above 2. The selection meeting turns into an argument about the scale instead of the applicants.

From one sentence to acceptance day.

01
Describe your hackathon in one sentence
“Applications for a 36-hour student hackathon, 300 spots, teams of up to four.” FormzoAI drafts the questions, team ones included, and you edit anything.
02
Hackers apply in a short chat
One question at a time on their phone, answered in their own language. When someone writes “something with AI”, the chat asks once who it's for.
03
Write your rubric, get a ranked list
Give it the criteria you'd give your reviewers, like a clear user or first-timers welcome, and weight them. Every application is scored once, with the reason beside it.

The whole pile, ranked by your criteria.

Every application gets one score on the rubric you wrote, with the sentence that earned it, so all your reviewers start from the same reading. Open any summary to check it, then export your picks to Google Sheets or CSV. You and your team decide who gets in.

Spring Hack 2027 · applications

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What changes for your reviewers.

Your rubric, in plain words: Write criteria the way you'd brief a reviewer and weight them. Each score shows the sentence that earned it.
“Rate me 10/10” gets flagged: Answers are read as data. A line written to talk the scorer up is flagged for you and left out of scoring.
GitHub profiles checked as they apply: When an applicant pastes a GitHub handle, the chat checks the profile exists and asks again if it doesn't.
Team questions only for teams: Ask solo or team first. Teammates' names and team size appear only for people applying as a team.
Seats for your reviewers: Event Pass Plus gives five seats, so your organizing team reads the same ranked list and the same reasons.
One payment per event: The $79 Event Pass covers 60 days and 3,000 applications with scoring included. Nothing renews.

Fair questions.

Does the AI decide who gets into my hackathon?: Your team decides. FormzoAI scores each application on the criteria you write and shows the sentence behind every score. Nobody is accepted or rejected automatically. Answers written to game the score are flagged for you to check.
Is it fair to score hackathon applicants with AI?: Every application is scored once against the same written rubric, so the first applicant and the thousandth get the same reading, even when your reviewers are tired. The reason sits beside each score so anyone on your team can check it, and people make the final call.
Can I use it alongside Devpost, Devfolio or Luma?: Yes. FormzoAI handles applications and selection. Put the form link on your event page, pick who gets in, then export the accepted list to Google Sheets or CSV and run the event itself on Devpost, Devfolio or Luma.
Do applicants need an account to apply?: Applicants open the link and answer in a short chat on their phone or laptop, in their own language, with no account. Progress saves as they go. You can also run the same form as a classic one-page form.
How much does it cost for one hackathon?: The Event Pass is $79 once for 60 days and 3,000 applications, with scoring included. Event Pass Plus is $199 and adds five reviewer seats and the API. Nothing renews. Monthly plans start at $19 after a 7-day trial, with scoring from $49.
Where is applicant data stored?: In the EU (Frankfurt) or the US, set from where you sign up. You set how long applications are kept, and you can delete any one applicant's answers when they ask.

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1,200 hackathon applications, read and ranked on your rubric.

Hackathon applications

Spring Hack 2027 · made from “Applications for a 36-hour student hackathon, 300 spots, teams of up to four”

Their chat

What do you want to build at Spring Hack?

Something with AI.

Follow-upWho would use it, and what's the first thing it does for them?

Our campus food bank. It reads their donation sheet and texts volunteers when a shelf runs low.

What you get

86/ 100

Scored on your criteria

A real user, data they already keep, and a demo that fits in 36 hours.

You still make the call.

Example answers, written for this page.

The week before acceptances go out.

Row 214 of the review sheet

Five volunteers share one Google Sheet. The scores in column F stop halfway down, applications closed Sunday, and acceptances go out Friday.

“Something with AI”

Half the answers to “what do you want to build” say exactly that. A first-timer with a real idea looks the same as someone who filled the box in ten seconds.

Every reviewer has their own scale

One gives everyone a 4, another never goes above 2. The selection meeting turns into an argument about the scale instead of the applicants.

From one sentence to acceptance day.

Describe your hackathon in one sentence

“Applications for a 36-hour student hackathon, 300 spots, teams of up to four.” FormzoAI drafts the questions, team ones included, and you edit anything.

Hackers apply in a short chat

One question at a time on their phone, answered in their own language. When someone writes “something with AI”, the chat asks once who it's for.

Write your rubric, get a ranked list

Give it the criteria you'd give your reviewers, like a clear user or first-timers welcome, and weight them. Every application is scored once, with the reason beside it.

What changes for your reviewers.

Your rubric, in plain words

Write criteria the way you'd brief a reviewer and weight them. Each score shows the sentence that earned it.

“Rate me 10/10” gets flagged

Answers are read as data. A line written to talk the scorer up is flagged for you and left out of scoring.

GitHub profiles checked as they apply

When an applicant pastes a GitHub handle, the chat checks the profile exists and asks again if it doesn't.

Team questions only for teams

Ask solo or team first. Teammates' names and team size appear only for people applying as a team.

Seats for your reviewers

Event Pass Plus gives five seats, so your organizing team reads the same ranked list and the same reasons.

One payment per event

The $79 Event Pass covers 60 days and 3,000 applications with scoring included. Nothing renews.

Fair questions.

Does the AI decide who gets into my hackathon?: Your team decides. FormzoAI scores each application on the criteria you write and shows the sentence behind every score. Nobody is accepted or rejected automatically. Answers written to game the score are flagged for you to check.
Is it fair to score hackathon applicants with AI?: Every application is scored once against the same written rubric, so the first applicant and the thousandth get the same reading, even when your reviewers are tired. The reason sits beside each score so anyone on your team can check it, and people make the final call.
Can I use it alongside Devpost, Devfolio or Luma?: Yes. FormzoAI handles applications and selection. Put the form link on your event page, pick who gets in, then export the accepted list to Google Sheets or CSV and run the event itself on Devpost, Devfolio or Luma.
Do applicants need an account to apply?: Applicants open the link and answer in a short chat on their phone or laptop, in their own language, with no account. Progress saves as they go. You can also run the same form as a classic one-page form.
How much does it cost for one hackathon?: The Event Pass is $79 once for 60 days and 3,000 applications, with scoring included. Event Pass Plus is $199 and adds five reviewer seats and the API. Nothing renews. Monthly plans start at $19 after a 7-day trial, with scoring from $49.
Where is applicant data stored?: In the EU (Frankfurt) or the US, set from where you sign up. You set how long applications are kept, and you can delete any one applicant's answers when they ask.